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lot or License Law Given a Legal Test f Held Before Judce Hayne F. BSee im Aiken Wednesday.— Brought by AugusU Firm. i I ■ ■■ Aiken.—Hearing the ntatter of the qrdag secured by the Orange Crush Gompany, of Augusta, to save itself other non-resident owners of operating in this section from paying a license to the State highway department here Wednesday, Judge Hayne F. Rice reserved his decision in the matter. The Orange Crush Bottling Com- par.y, “a corporation existing under amd by the laws of the State of Geor- in behalf of itself and all other resident owners of trucks similar ly situated/* secured an enjoirder agazrot the State highway delpart- xnent, certain State constables, the aberttTs and peace officers of Aiken, Edgefield, Barnwell ar.d Saluda Coun ties and the two road officers of Aiken County requirirg them to show cause wrby they should not be permanently restrained from colle ting licenses for the trucks. This is a move in the test ing out of the South Carolira motor vehicle license law, which is intended to require out-of-State trucks and vehicles doing business in this State tp procure licenses from the highway commission in addition to those from their home States. The State highway departent was represented by Assistant -Attorney Cesaral Gordie Page, while Cohen and Cnj v of Augusta, and Herbert E. Cjles, of Aiken, represented the bot- WFLLI8TON-BLKO GROWERS LOAD MELONS IN BARNWELL Several watermelon growers of the Williston-Elko section loaded their melons at Barr well last week, finding that they could sell their product to much better advantage here because of the federal shipping poir t inspection and also because of the large number of buyers that make this city their headquarters durirg the season. Sub-Station Nears Completion SCHOOL Offll KILLS PAL TO OH THRItL 1 Uses Flatiron to Beat Out Chum’s Brains. The sub-station being erected at Barnwell by the South Carolira Power Company is rapidly rearing comple tion and it is understood that hydro electric current will be turned on about August 1st. It is not krown at this time when the company will begin the work of re-wiring the town. Sacred Concert in Barnwell. Announcement is made that Organ Group No. 3 will present a sacred corcert at the Barnwell. Baptist Church Sunday evening, beginning at 8:30 o’clock. A very enjoyable pro gram has been arranged, with talent from other towr s taking part. Among these will he Mr. and Mrs. Boland, of j Willistor, Mrs. Herman McCain and, Mrs. Will Riley and a quartette from | Dermark, and Allen Deas, of Au- ) gusta. The public is cordially invited { to attend, the proceeds being for the benefit of the organ furd.- Northern Capitalists Interested. J. C. Redmon, a popular repremta- tive in the general assembly from tlmg concern. Just wnen Judge Rice Orargeburg County, who represented will make his decision is not known. Calhoun County in the general assem- Tlw hearing had been postponed f or many years, was in St. Mat- trvm Monday. Local and Personal Newt of Blaclcville vegetables on South Carolina soil ard thews or Thursday, says The Calhoun Times. Judge Reimon is most erthusiastic concerning the diaeoveiy of iodine in — ir his judgment South Carolina could Bltckville, July 20.—Mr. and Mrs. not spend money so that it would bring CeeU J. Mathews, of Birmingham, greater returr s than on a campaign of Ala., are guests for the week of their advertising ard publicity in various grmndparrrts, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mat- sections of the nation concerning tha 1 superior value of South Carolira TW Rev. and Mm. C. K. Turner ard grown vegetables. He has made a , of Beaufort, arrived Tuesday careful irvestigation and informed >i»g for a vieit with the Rev. B. friend* including the correspondei ta, H. Dancmn and Mm. Duncan. that South Carolina is on the eve of a Mr. and Mrs. A. H. NtreVrm and tremendous business revival, probably ter, Nell, hive returned from the moat prosperous period in the en- York. where they spent a most tire history of the State, and he cited two weeks' on a motor trip the following facts In substantiation of of interest, visiting relatives this statement: • “These are facts, he said, first Bar- Hr. aid Mrs. Somers Pringle an- stow and Raskob. together with a the arrival of s baby boy Mon- number of multi-millioraim, have formed a syndicate for developing the w. James Nevils and son Francis, earning irdustry of South Carolina Sunday from Florida, where grown vegetables and will invest in had been on a visit for the past carrerie* in South Carolina for this purpose one hundred million dollars. 1 Hra. J. L. Buist apert last week as Second, a corporation has been form- the guest of her sister, Mm. Nellie ed in the North ard East, with a capi- Cave, in Barnwell. 0 f n^vrral hundred million dollars, Mrv C. A. Epps gave s peanut for the developmer t of two mammoth for Misses Sara Matthews, water power plants on the Santee and me Matthews, ( arl Mattehews Cooper rivers. In cornection with ma ^ J*ek Matthews Friday evenu g. these water powers, this corporation A nuaber of young people were in- w j|| cor struct two of the largest paper vitad to enjoy the occasion. The yard nriills in the entire country; also a mas lighted with Japanese lanterrs cement plant and ar enormous nitrate, which lent a gala effect. plart for developing nitrate from the Mr. and Mrs. Evedon Still arrived # j r Third, aside from the canning de- ** Blackville Monday evening after velopmert of Barstow and Raskob as visit with the latter a parer ts, Mr. mentioned above, one of the wmd Mrs. Pearce Bowen. , largest producers of pickles in Ameri- Halford, Ralph Delk, Russell ^ krown as the Heinz 57 varieties, Bay la ton, Cmiff Baxley, Yelpoe Still, w j|| erect a number of pickle factories Lmdwood Fickling, Earl Morris, Junior various points ir South Carolina. are amorg those enjoyiig camp- Fourth, the representative of one of lag at Holman s Bridge. | the largest chain stores in the nation Mms Dorothy Wragg left Monday recently conducted a careful test or vmilSag for Oklahoma City, where she South* Carolina vegetables and ag a wil vim! her grandmother, Mrs. Belle re sult makes the statement that he Andrews. would pay a premium for South Caro- ••llfaa Dot Meyer, expression teacher |j ra jjr rown potatoes over potatoes Mockville school for the past grown in ary other section and that *tfcrre years, is vi*j , tir:j Mrs. Somers ^ e y are now ma kii g special arrarge- | ments for securir g the entire output —..-Mrs. B. E. Cooper ar.d daughter, 0 f potatoes from South Carolina .Jtanquelrne, left Wednesday for Col- growers ard that th«y will be in posi- vasbia, to .iptnd the \iee\ end with ^j on handle all the Irish potatoes hooper. anc | a ]j swee t potatoes produced\ in hi, and Mrs. Ronald Gyles and chil- t he entire State of South Carolir a.” drer, of Siler City, N. C., spent a few ^| r Redmon is one of the largest j ***** ® r * Gyles father, Dr. R. A. rea j estate owners in this county; also week. ^ They then motored owns real estate in several adjoinir g ! to Beaufort for a short visit with Mr. coun ti es . Based upon his statements, and Mrs. W. Q. Beard. an( j ^e facts cited above South* Caro- Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Crum, Mr. and h ra f an ning lards will be in tremen- Mra. B. K. Cooper, Miss King and Mr. d eman( j prices far above the Evana, of Orangeburg, enjoyed a fish prevailing prices of today. As stated fiy supper Monday evening at, High- hy him, the above vast investments I ere made in South Carolina, regard- Vera Lowe, who is engaged as i eS g 0 f the fact that the State has m Matiatlcian, a t Clemson College, is done little to advertise the diamond ding some time in Blackville with m ^ e8 discovered ir iodine in the soil brother, S. G. Lowe. | an d once the truth is made known Harriet Risher, of Atlanta, is throughout the ration. South Carolina YbRing her grandmother, Mrs. Joe raay rival California followirg the discovery of gold in that State. r. ard Mrs. S. G. Lowe have re- twr—rt from a ten-day trip to Haa- Moscow.—A pretty nnd precociously clever girl of sixteen, Zoe Pavlova, who myrdered her best friend for the “thrill" of It, was the protagonist of s strange tragedy of twisted emotion played out to a tragic finish In a Leningrad high school. The grewsome story wa# spread oh^ record ut a trial recently, at the con elusion of which Zoe was sentenced to ten years’ - imprisonment and her accomplice, Zfnalde Ivanova, to three years. In view of their youthfulness and their apparently sincere repent ance, the court reduced these terms to five and two years, respectively* "My life was gray and tedious.” Zoe explained at the trial In recounting the origin of the crime. “1 thirsted for strong experiences, for deep emo tions^ She decided to draw Anna Zhukova, her best friend and an exceptionally attractive girl. Into her schemes for making life more stimulating. To gether they induced a boy one year their senior, George Lensky, to Join them. They banded themselves into a trio of **avengers/ , pledged to stop at nothing in their quest of Joy and thrill. The pledge was embodied In a formal oath which all three signed with their own blood. To prove their earnestness they agreed that they must commit at least one murder by October, 11)28. To Anna and George all of It was exciting play-acting, a new game. But not for Zot. v Her diury, read Into the records, reveals how she was stirred by the Idea of taking human life. In cidentally, that dlhrjr stood as proof of the girl’s unusual literary talents. A boy by the name of Smirnoff was picked as the first victim. He was well dressed, “with rings on bis fin gers," and. therefore, to the childish conspirators a fit subject for murder ami loot. In accordance with Zoe’a In structions. Smirnoff was lured to a schoolroom. He was elaborately flat tered and entertained and made a little drunk. Then Zee brought In the ax with which he was to be decnid- fated. At this point Anna and George quit the guiue. I'osalbly they lost nerve; poesibly they had never seriously In tended to go througn with It. Zoe msa furious. Little did her friend dreem that In saving Smirnoff she waa aeallng tier own doom. In that moment of frustration Zoe derided that Anna must pejr with bet own IK« for such cowardice and treachery. George, she felt, waa unduly trader Anna's Influence and therefore not culpable. (Vrhape. too. Jeelousy on account of thla power of Anna over George entered Into her feelings, though she denied It at the trial. Finds an Accomplice. In search of an accomplice, Zoe discovered Zlnalde. a classmate wboeo face had been disfigured by an acci dent as a child. Zlnalde was flattered by the sodden attentions of the bril liant Zoe and became passionately at tached to her. In the meantime Zoe n»otlniied her friendship with Anna ns though no murderous plans were In her mind. Skillfully, week alter week. Zoe stirred her new friend to a fury of Jealousy and hatred against her old friend. The ugly, disfigured Zlnalde l>egan to look upon pretty and viva cious Anna as a kind of symbol of all her own misery. She was a fit lieu tenant to Zoe when the fatal evening arrived. Zoe’s parents were away, and the three girls gathered to chat Inevi tably a quarrel developed between Anna and Zlnalde. This was the sig nal for a combined attack on Anna. They beat her skull in with a marble iiindlestlck, and when life persisted tried to finish by stabbing her Ui the throat with a pair of scissors. When this did not suffice, they used a press ing iron. The demonalc Job took them an hour. “When It was over,” Zoe told the court, “1 felt relieved—as If a weight had been lifted from my spirit My unnatural craving foi human blood had been satisfied.” The two girls carried the body to the attic and agreed tc meet next day with knives and axes’* to cut it Into tiny hits. Anna’s absence from Rome had been covered up by a clever alibi In which It waa made to appear that she had run away from Leningrad. But when Zlnalde reached home she could not restrain her excitement. She confessed to her elder sister, who immediately told the police. The two girls were arrested and with them also George Lensky. Martin and Mrs H. L. at RoUaar’a dab. Flabtrf ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. Lioness and Cubs Cause Panic in French Town Baris.—Wlien residents of Proven- chares, France, saw a lioness stalk ing through the village, followed by Its three cubs, they all rushed to their homes and barricaded doors and win dows. The animals, apparently as frightened as the people, made for the ojieu country. Not until word reached the village that the beasts bad been captured at a near-by farm did the villagers ven • era out. Thai cama word that three ardsca bad fakte refuge la a neigh boring w«*wbk and gendarmes and nmnnts Hoed ta tha hast that ended la their rapture. 7 „ SEEK COMPENSATION FOR PRISON YEARS Friends Move to Aid Men Wrongfully Jailed. Madison, Wig.—An effort Is under way here to obtain legislative compen sation for John A. Johnson, alxty-flve, who served ten years In prison for a crime It now generally Is believed be did not commit Although Johnson confessed In 1911 to the murder of seven-year-old Annie Lemberger, he repudiated his confes sion Just before he entered the gates of x Wauputr-prlson. In\|922 he was pardoned by Gov. E. L. \Phlllpp, who had been con vinced the man confessed because of a morbid fear of mob violence. There are more than 3,000 Madi son citizens who now ore certain so ciety “robbed" Johnson of ten work ing years of his life and who have signed petitions asking the legislature to compensate him, as far as possible, for that which was taken. Crime Committed in 1911. Johnson, an employee of the city, has aged rapidly and is In none too good health. He still works, but his earning power Is small and he and the wife who trusted him during his years of Imprisonment are not enjoy- L Ing the comforts they might have had. Annie Lemberger, daughter of Mar tin Lemberger, was put to bed by her mother about nine o’clock the night of September 5, 1911. Several days Inter her body was found floating In Monona bay. She had been beaten to death. Johnson was arrested three days later and was questioned by a defec tive. F'or hours he maintained that he was Innocent—until the detective struck the vulnerable spot The officer, falling In all other ef forts to make Johnson confess, told him that a mob was outside clamoring for Ms life. Saw Man Lynch ad. Johnson once had seen a man lynched at Darlington and the moment he heard that he waa In danger of meeting a similar fate he became a cringing, terrified wreck. He con feased, begged protection, and when arraigned In court pleaded guilty, with the additional plea that he be hurried to prison and saved from the mob. Deaplte the fart that Mrs. Johnson and two daughter*. Stella and Bertha, testified that Johnson had gone to bed about nine o'clock the night of the murder and never left the house dur ing the night, the man’s pleo of guilty was accepted and he was sentenced to Wanpun for ttfe. Use X-Ray on Differs to Halt Diamond Thefts Capo Town. Sooth Africa.—Oboee- vatloo posts with seercblifhU and apodal fcray apparatus art stated to be among the mesas which the Sooth African government la adopt Ing to sod the diamond smuggling In Namoqaa land, to which women art said to he largely employed. No stones have been produced from the at ate diggings since last February and the work la not proceeding until all the precautions against Illicit dla mond smuggling are completed. The X-ray apparatus la sold to he such as to make It possible to detect diamonds on or In a mao passing an observer. While smuggling la admit ted. the government denies that fho stones are coming from the state dig finis- * Sweeping of Jewelry Shop Floor Yield* Gold Cincinnati, Ohio.—An effort will be made to recover several hundred and probably thousands of dollars’ worth of gold and other precious metals be lieved to have accumulated under a floor of a Jewelry manufacturing firm here during the last quarter century. The firm will move Into a new loca tion soon and officials are going to make sure they remove all their be longings, even to the tiny bits of metals In floor cracks and other in conspicuous parts of the shop. Employees wash their bands lo a sink that has no outlet and about $1,000 worth of precious metals Is re covered this way each year. Sweep- iogs from the floor yield about $200 worth a month. ~ Monks Work lo Divert Traffic From Monastery Cumberland, R. I.—The strange at mosphere which pervades the Cister cian mona'stery will become even more pronounced with, the completion of j» new stretch of highway under con struction here. # Without outside aid, the Trapplst monks of the monastery are building u new road, tnrqpquarters of a mile long, to divert traffic from the main highway which now runs close to their retreat In carrying out thig novel project, the monks are following the example of Henry Ford, who had a similar road constructed to divert traffic from his Wayside Inn at Sudbury, Mass. Will Dross Sutoo Komo, Lithuania.—Kovno’s statue of the Greek god, Apollo, will be of fldslty dad In s bathing suit hence forth. When a group of women pro tested against the sra toe’s corn pom tiro nudity, the town council lo rnoiart the wort of art. A ■doe to drew the status lo a : i Attention Ladies SALE ON Gordon V Line Hose v Formerly $2.50 Now $2.00 WHILE THEY LAST . Simon Brown’s Sons Blackville, S. C. 0 Saturday, July 27 -:1 Qt. of Oil:- With Every 5 Gallons of Gas a t Ussery & Ussery Blackville, S. C. Gas, Oil and Accessories G. & J. Tires—Guaranteed Tubes O Merchants Wise \ Advertise :: Special excursion TO FLOR AND -1 Savannah & Brunswick, Ga. and Havana, Cuba Saturday, July 29, 1929 Following round trip fares from BARNWELL, S. C., to— Jacksonville Daytona, ille, FI fu: . $3.50 Brunswick, Ga. \ _ $5.50 ... 8.50 St. Augustine, Fla. A 10.00 ... 11.25 Ocala, Fla. 11.25 ... 16.50 West Palm Bench, Fin. lt50 ... 18.00 Min mi, Fin. 18.50 «„ 16.00 St. Petersburg, Fin. i6.oa 25.75 Havnnn, Cubn 43.25 Tampa, Fin. Proportionate fares from other points; and to other destinations in Florida. For Schedules, Pullman reservations ard complete infoimatior. See Tkkot Agents L_. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM